A 21-year-old mechanic from Strathspey, East Coast Demerara, was on Saturday morning whisked from the Alpha Hotel at Ogle to the Criminal Investigation Department after a quantity of cocaine pellets was found in a room he was occupying.

Detained is Akeem Dundas of Strathspey Housing Scheme. He was, at the time, a guest in room 209 of the hotel, according to police sources.

It was related that there was another occupant in the room at the time of the search but what has become of that occupant is unknown at this time.

Sources said that police were alerted to the presence of the occupant(s) of the room and upon visiting the location, they carried out a search and found the pellets in a bowl next to the bed.

The items were picked up and the young man was arrested and placed into custody. The items were also weighed in front of him at the Criminal Investigations Department.

The police investigations into the matter are on-going.
This is not the first time that the Alpha Hotel has been used by persons to carry out their illegal activities.

In 2016, one man was killed and three arrested after the police received information that the four were inside the hotel with a large cache of guns and drugs.

When the police arrived at the location, they came under fire and while returning fire, they fatally shot a 51-year-old suspect from South Ruimveldt while the other three suspects were arrested.

In that case, the hotel staff became aware that something was amiss due to the number of men entering the one hotel room which caused them to call in the police.